Pile-fabric loom.



No.8m257. PATENTED JAN.1,1901

H.SARAPIAN.

PIL E FABRIC LOOM. APPLICATION FILED JULY26. 1904.

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H. SARAPIAN. PILE FABRIC LOOM.

APPLIOATION FILED JULYZS. 1904.

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H SARAPIAN PILE FABRIC LOOM. APPLICATION FILED JULY 26. 1904.

PATENTED JAN. 1, 1907.

N A I F A R A S H PILE FABRIC LOOM. 'APPLIOATION FILED JU'LY26. 1904.

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No. 840,257. PATENTED JAN. 1, 1907.

H. SA'RAFIAN.

PILE FABRIC LOOM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY26. 1904.

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U ITED STATES PATENT01411411911'v v i HOVCEP sARAPIAN, OF -YONKERS, NEW YORK..Ass1eNOR. BY MEs E ASSIGNMENTS, TO UNITED STATES PERSIAN CARPET COMPANY, or EW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1, 1907.

4 Application filed July 26, 1904. Serial No. 218,193.

' Be itknown that I, HOVCEP SARAFIAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Yonkers, in the county of Westchester 5 and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Pile-Fabric Loom, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact .de-

scri tion. T e object of the invention is to provide -:o a new and improved loom for weaving pile fabricssuch, for instance, as are shown and described in the Letters Patent of the United States, No. 752,712, granted tome February 23, 1904, and in .the Letters Patent of me February 7, 1905.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter then pointed out in the claims.

'A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a art of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a loom embodylng my im rovements, parts nonessen tial for the un erstandingof the invention.

being omitted. Fi 2 is an enlarged-longitudinal sectional e evation of the improvement. Figs. 3 to 9', inclusive, are like views of the same, showing the parts in different positions. Fig. 10 is an end elevation of the shogging-combs, the guideways, and needle. Figs. 11 and 12 are like views',of the same, showing the parts in difierent positions.

' Fig. 13-

a planview of the mechanism for shifting the combs-transversely. Figs. 14, 15, and 16 are side elevations of modified forms of the needle and its bars; and Fig. 17 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of. the

fabric woven by the loom. 4 The pile fabric to be woven by'the loom and; illustrated in Fig. 17 consists, essentially, of sets of warp-threads a, b e, the sets being bound together by alternating'weftthreads d d, and each set ofwa -threads comprises a pile warp-thread a and W at I pre-g fer. to call an upper ground warp-thread between 't e ground warp-threads 'c and b to the United States, No. 782,178, granted .to

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hand a lower ground "warp-thread c, thewarp-thread b. The successive bottom loops a and a of the form a-pile-loop a" above the upper ground I ile war -thread or around the lower groun warp-t ead c extend alternately in opposite directions, and the ground warp-thread b asses under the weftthread (1 in front oft e pile warp-thread a and over the weft-thre'ad d in the rear of the pile warp-thread a, and the ground warpthread a asses overthe weft-thread (1111 the rear o the pile warp-thread a and under the weft-thread d in front of the pile Warpthread a, as plainly shown in' Fig. 17.

In order to produce the weave described, it necessary to mani ulate' the warpt hreads a, b, and c of each manner and relative to each other, and for this purpose a special device resently to be described in detail, is usedff I set in a peculiar The warp-beams for the warp-threads c, b, x

and c and the breast-beam for the Woven fabric are suitably arranged on the main frame A of the loom, andin this frame is journaled a crank-shaft B, having its crank-arms B" connected by pitman B with the lay C, fulcrumed at O in the main frame A and pro% vided with the usual reed (-1 for beating in the weft-threads (Z d and the pile-wires D D. In practice the ground warp-threads b and c are preferably on a single wa beam, and thesaid ground warp-threads and c after leaving their war -beaIn are engaged by the usual heddles E F, respectively, as plainly shown in Fig. 2, and the said ground warp threads 6 c then pass-'between the shoggingcombs F F, extending transversely and having their teeth in vertical alinementiand ar ranged toward each other, as plainly indicated. in Figs. 10-12; The ground warp-threads b c after leaving the combs F F pass between spaced dents or bars ,G G which, 3 with the needle H for the pile wa -thread, are preferably mounted in a frame having anupand-down sliding movement. The said ground Warp threads b c after leaving the, I

bars G G pass-through the reed C of the lay C. The pile warpthread a, after leaving its Warp-'b.eampa sses through the eye H of the needle H, extending between adjacent bars I G G in such a manner that the needle H is approximately spaced midway between the bars and extends upwardly from the bottom .of the frame I to approximately about half,

the height of the bars, so that the'upper portion of the bars is free for both the ground warp-threads b and c to pass into simultaneously, as indicated in Fig. 10. -The pile warp-thread aafter' leaving the 'eye H. passes through the reed C with the ground warp-threads b and c, .as plainly shown in Fi s. 2 to 9.

. t is understood that a pair of bars G G form a'guideway for the passage of the ground warp-threads b and c, and the needle H, cartion of the guideway is complete y unob' structed by the needle H, and hence the ground warp-threads b 0 can be readily shifted in the guideway in a transverse direction I understood that for practical reasons I pre-' by the action of the combs F F and at the time the said guidewayis in its lowermost position and the ground warp-threads b and 0 range in the upper unobstructed portion of the guideway, as shown in. Figs. 6 and 9-.

The needle II when in an uppermost posi tion extends with its eye H above the then uppermost ground warp-thread b or c, and w en the needle 11 is in a lowermost position its eye H is below the ground warp-thread c, as will be readily-understood by comparing Figs. 2 and 9, for instance. The guideways may be stationary and only the needles moved up and down to bring the ground warp-threads alternately to opposite sides of the needle by 'shogging the ground warpthreads I) and c, as will hereinafter be more fully described, and hence I do not limit myself to the exact construction shown, it being fer to attach the bars G G and the needles H to the same frame and move the latter up and down instead of holdin the bars G G stationary and moving 0 y thev needles H up and down.

The frame I, carrying the needle H and the bars G G, is mounted to slide up and down in suitable guideways A A, arranged on the .main frame A, and the said frame I is pivotally connected at its upper end by links I with a bell-crank lever I fulcrumed at or near its middle on the main frame A, and the said bell-crank lever I is pivotally connected by a link I with the upper end of a cam-lever J fulcrumed at or nearits middle at J on the main frame A. The camlever J is provided with a friction-roller J engaging a cam K, secured on the cam-shaft K, driven by suitable gearing from the main driven shaft L, which by the usual gearing (not shown) also rotates the crank-shaft B. The lower end of the By terframe I is connected by links I with a rope I extendin under a pulley I and connected with the ower end of the cam-lever J, so that when the loom is in operation and the shaft K is rotated then the cam K imparts an intermittent swinging motion to the cam-lever J,

which by its connection with the frame I moves the latter intermittently up and down. The-cam K is so arranged that the frame I is moved whenever the lay O is in a forward position. y

The combs F F are shogged or causedto move intermittently in a transverse direction, and for this purpose a mechanism is provided connected with the main shaft L.

The combs F F aremounted to slide transversely in suitable bearings arranged in the main frame A, and the said combs F F are pivotally connected by links N and N (see Figs. land 13) with arms N and N secured on the upper ends of vertically-disposed shafts N N journaled in suitable hearings on the sides of the mainframe A, as plainlyindicated in Fig. i 1. On the lower ends of the shafts N N are secured arms N N carrying friction-rollers N N, of which the frictionroller N engages a camoove on the cam O,

secured on the main sha t L, and the frictionroller N engages a similar cam-groove on the cam 0, also secured on the main shaft L. The cam-grooves on the cams O O are arranged in opposite directions, as plainly indi cated in Fig. "1, so that when the loom is in 0 eration'and the main shaft L is rotated t en the cams O O impart simultaneously a swingin motion to the'arms N N, so that the shafts impart a transverse sliding motion to the combs F F by the links N N. The cams O and O are so arranged relative to the cam K Ioo % N are turned and their arms N N Y and the lay C that the combs F F are shifted periodically relative to the guideway formed y the bars G G.

From the foregoing it will be-seen that the combs F F are adapted to be shifted transversely in opposite directionsthat is, when the comb F moves in the direction of the arrow as (see Fig. 10) then the comb F moves in the direction of the arrow 00', and when the comb F moves in the reverse direction of the arrow 01; then the comb F moves in the reverse direction of the arrow as.

When the combs F F are in theposition shown in Fig. 10, the ground warp-thread b lies adjacent to the inner face of the bar G and the ground-warp 0 lies adjacent to the inner face of the other bar G", and when the on opposite sides'of the needle tocross the ground warpthreads b and c at the time the needle is in one of its raised positions.

Although I have shown and described two combs F F for. shifting the ground warpthreads transversely in opposite directions,

this particular construction is not essential, as only a single comb, may be used for shifting the ground warp-threads, c, for instance; but in this case it is necessary to give more movement to the comb, and hence for prac-' tical reasons I prefer to use two combs, soas to divide the'shifting movement equally to the two ground warp-threads b and c. It is also not essential 'thatthe'combs F and F be located'between the heddles E and E and the lay C, as the combs F and F may be arranged in the rear of the heddles. In the drawings the heddle E for the ground warpthis arran ement is not of particular moment I dle.

thread a is shown as the front heddle; but

as the he dle E- may be made the front hed- Various forms may be given to the needle H and the bars G G ,as indicated in Figs. 14, 15, and 16, Hence I do not limit myself to the particular construction shown, it being understood, however, that the needle H extends between two bars G G, so that the.

ground warp-threads I) 0 can pass alternately on opposite sides of the needlev while :between the bars G G, as previously explained, it being expressly understood that the main object is to loop the pile warpthread' a,

aroundthe ground warp-thread c alternately in opposite directions to form the bottom loops a and a and to pass the pile warpthread a-up between the two ground warpthreads I) c to form the face-loops a, as above set forth.

The shuttle mechanism, ,thepile-wire inserting and withdrawing device," and the mechanism for moving the heddles E E ploy a correspondingly-colored pile-Warp.

Having .thus described my 111V6I1l3lOI1, I claim as new and desire to secure by *Letters Patent 1. A pile-fabric loom for' interweavin ground warp-threads, a pile warp-thread an' weft-threads provided with cooperating devices for-looping the pile Warp-thread around one of the ground Warp-threads, for passin the pile warp-thread between the ground preriodically up and down are all actuated extending in a plane the ground warp-threads and forcrossingthe ground Warp-threads.

2 A pile-fabric loom for interweaving ground wa -threads, a pile warp-thread and weft-threa s comprising cooperating devices arranged for looping the pile warp-thread around one ofthe ground warp-threads for formin bottom loops for passing the'pile warp-t eads between theground war threads, for forming face-loo s alternate y above the ground warp-threa s, for crossing the ground warp-threads above each bottom loop, and for passing weft-threads between 1the ground warp-threads below eachfaceoo a 3 A pile-fabric loom for interweaving sets of Warp-threads and Weft-threads com rising a lay, a pair of heddles for the groun warpthreads, a shoggingdevice for the ground warp-threads,- a guideway for. the passage of. the ground warp-threads and a needle for the pile warp-thread and having up-and-down movement, the needle lying approximately in a plane extending midway between the sides of the guideway toallow the ground war -threads to pass to opposite sides of the -nee,e. v, 7

4. A pile-fabric loom for interweaving a pair of ,ground warp-threads, a pile warpthread and ,WGft thIGBIdS, com rising a lay, a pair of heddles for the groun warp-threads, a shog'ging device for the ground war threads, a guideway for the passage of tiie ground warp-threads, a needle having an eye or thevpassage of the pile warp-thread and extendingin a plane lying approximately midway of the guideway, and means for moving the said lay, the said heddles, the said shogging device and the said needle inun'ison. 5. A pile-fabric loom for interweaving a pair of ground warp-threads, a pile warpthread and weft-threads, com rising a lay, a pair of heddles for the groun warp-threads, a shogging device for the 7 ground warpthreads, aguideway for the passage of the ground Warp-threads, a needle having an eye or the passage of the ile warp-thread'and lying approximately midway of the guideway, and means for moving the said lay, the said heddles, the said shogging device and the said needle'in unison, to loop the pile warp-thread around one of the ground Warp-threads, to pass the'p'ile warp-thread between the ground warpthreads, to form face-loops above the round warp-threads, and to cross the groun warpthreads. A Y 6. A loom for interweaving round warp-. threads and a pile warp-threa comprisin a-guideway for the assage of the groun warp-threads, a ne e havin an eye for the passage of the pile warp-thread, shifting meansfor shifting the round warp-threads transversely to bring t e same to opposite sides of the needle, and heddles for shifting the ground warp-threads up and down.

7. A loom for interweaving threads and a pile warp-threa a guideway for the the ground warp-threads up and down, the

said shift means being arranged between the said he dles and the said guideway and its needle.

1 8. A loom for interweaving round warpthreads and a pile warp-thread, comprising a guideway for the passage of the ground warp-threads, a needle having a point for the passage of the pile warp-thread and located about midway of the length of the ideway and spaced from the inner faces of t e guideway, a shoggi'ng device mounted to reciprocate intermittently in a transverse direction, to shift the ground warp-threads transversely from one side of the guideway to the other to bring the ground warp-threads alternately on opposite sides of the needle, and heddles for moving the ground warp-threads up and down above and below the point of the needle.

9. A loom for interweaving ground warpthreads and a ile warp-thread, comprising a guideway for t e assa e of the ound war threads, a needle haviiig a poin% for the pa sage of the pile warp-thread and located about midway of the length of the guideway and spaced from the inner faces of the guideway, the said guideway and its needle reciprocating intermittently in an up-and-down direction, a shogging device mounted to reciprocate intermittently in a transverse. direction, to shift the a ground warp-threads transversely from one side of the guideway to the other to bring the ground war threads alternately on opposite sides of t e needle,- heddles for moving the ground war threads up and down above and below t e point of the needle and means for reciprocatmg and intermittently moving the needle,

5 the guideway and the shogging device.

about midway of the length of the 10. A loomfor interweaving ground warpthreads and a ile warp-thread, comprising a guideway fort e passage of the ground warpthreads, a needle having a point for the pas-' sage ofthe pile warp-thread and located ideway and spaced from the inner faces of t e guideway, the said guidewa and its needle reciprocating in unison an intermittently in an 'up-and-down direction, a shogging device I transverse direction, to shift the ground mounted to reciprocate intermittentlyin a warp-threads transversely'from one side of the guideway to the other to bring the ground warp-threads alternately on opposite.

sides of the needle, heddles for moving the ground warp:

- pile warp-thread, and means for mo moving the ound warp-threads up and down above and mounted to reciprocate intermittently in a transverse direction, to shift the ground warp-threads transversely from one side of the guideway to the other to bring the ground warp-threads alternately on opposite sides of theneedle, heddles for movmgthe ground warp-threads up and down above and ging device being located between the he dles and the guideway and its needle and means for reciprocating and intermittently moving the needle, the guideway and the shogging device.

12. A loom for interweaving ground warpthreads and a [pile 'war thread, provided with a guideway for t e passage of the ground warpthreads,'and a needle having an eye for the assage of the pile warp-thread,

- the said nee le be arranged in a plane ex tending longitudinal y through the guideway and the eye of the needle being located a proximately half-way of the height of t e guideway, to leave a portion of the guideway wholly unobstructed, means for shifting theground warp-threads transversely in the said guideway, and means for raising and lowering the ground warp-threads in the said guidewa v 7 below the point of the needle, the said sho '13. A loom for interweaving ground warpthreads and a pile warp-thread, provided with a device for moving the ground warpthreads alternately to opposite sides of tlfie t e pile warp-thread to loop the same aroun one of the ground warp-threads and to pass the pile warp-thread between the ground warpthreads. v

14. A loom for interweaving ground warpthreads and a pile warp-thread, provided with heddles for moving the ground warpthreads alternately up and down, means for ound warp-threads laterally, for bringing t e same alternately to opposite sides of the pile warp-thread, and means for moving the ile warp-thread u and down, for looping t e pile warp-threa around one of the ground warp-threads and then passin the pile war -thread up between the groun warp-threa s. v

15. A loom for interweaving ground warpintermediate the heddles and threads and a pile warp-thread, provided with a guideway for the passa e of a pair of round warp-threads, a needle aving an eye i or the passage of the pile warp-thread, means for shifting the said pair of ground Warp-threads laterally While the needle is down and to hold the ground warp-threads spaced apart in the guideway, and means for raising and lowering the said needle, for the latter to pass the said pile warp-thread be tween the said ground warp-threads. 16. A 160111 for interweaving ground warpthreads and a pile warp-thread, '"provided with a guideway for the-passa e of a pair of. round warp-threads, aneedle aving an eye or the passage of the pile warp-thread, means for shifting the said pair of ground warp-threads laterally while the needle is down and to hold the ground warp-threads spaced apart 'in the guideway, means for raising and lowering'the said needle, for the latter to pass the said ile warp-thread be-" tween the said groun warp-threads, and means for moving the said ground warp- .threads up and down while the needle is up between the said ground warp-threads. 17. A pile-fabric loom provided with a guideway for the passage of the ground warpthreads, a guideway-needle having an eye for the passage of the pile warp-thread and movable up and down, sho ging-combs for engaging the ground warp-t eads and shiftin the same transversely inthe guideway, to a ternately bring the round warp-threads to opposite sides of t e'needle, and heddles for moving the ground warp-threads up and down.

- 18. A pile-fabric loom provided with a guideway for the passage of the ground Warpthreads, a guideway-needle having an eye for the passage of the pile warp-thread and movable up and down, shog ing-combs for engaging the ground warpireads and shifting the same rtransversely in the guideway, to

alternately blin the ground war threads to opposite sides 0 the needle, an heddles fol moving the ound warp-threads up and down, the sai shogging-"combs being located the said guideway andits needle. I g a 19. A pile-fabric loomf provided with a guideway for the passage of the ground warpthreads, a guideway-needle having an eye for the passage of the pile warp thread' and movable up and. down, shogging-combs for. engaging the ground warp eads and shiftingthe'same transversely in the guideway, to alternately brin the ground warp-threads to opposite sides 0 the needle, and heddles for moving the round warp-thr ads up and down, the sai shoggin -comb s being spaced apart one above the ot er and having their teeth standing toward each other.

20. A pile-fabric loom provided with ,a pair of heddles for the ground warp-threads,

ing 0 a guideway'for the assage of the ground warp threads, a aii' of shogging combs.

spaced apart and avingjtheir-teeth standing opposite each other, and a needle for car 'rying the pile warp-thread between the said ground war -threads in the guideway.

21. A pi e-fahric loom provided with a pair of heddles for the ground war -thr eads,. a guideway for the passage of t e ground warp threads, a pair of shogging combs spaced apart and having their teeth standposite each other; a needle for carrymgt e pile warp-thread between the said ground warp-threads in the guideway, means or raising and lowering the said needle, and

means for shogging the said combs when the needle is down. Y 22. A pile-fabric loom provided with heddles for the ground warp-threads, aguideway for the passage of the ground warpthreads, and a pair of shogging-combs spaced apart and having their teeth standing opposite each other.

23. A pile-fabric loom prbvided with heddles for the ground warp-threads, a guideway, for the passage of the ground warp threads, and a pair of shogging-combs spaced apart and having their teeth standing oppos1te each other, the shog located intermediate the he dles and the guideway.

24. A pile-fabric loom provided with a pair of heddles for a pair of ground warpthreads, a single guidewayfor the passage of the'said pair of ground warp-threads, a neen'eedlebeing provided with an eye for the passage of a pile warp-thread, the needle being arranged approximately midway be-.

tween the sides of the guideway, for the hed- -eombs being -IOO dlehaving an up-andedown movement, the

dles to move the ground warp-threads up and down on opposite sides of the said needle, the needle leaving a wholly unobstructed s ace in the said guideway, above the eye 6f the needle, and means for shifting the ground warp-threads from one side to the other in the said unobstructed space.

" 25. A pile-fabric loom" provided with a guideway for the passage of the ground warpthreads, a needle having an eye for the passage of the pile warp-thread, the needle standing approximately midway between the sides of the guideway and distance from the top thereof to leavea portion of the guideway unobstructed and a pair of shogging-combs spaced apart and having their teeth standing toward each other.

26. A pile-fabric loom having a 'deway for the passage of the shogging device for shiftin the ound Warpthreads transversely in t e said guideway,

and a reciprocating needle provided with an eye for the passage of the pile warp-thread,

the needle standing approximately midway between the sides ofnthe guideway and the ound warp-t eads,'a'

needle-eye terminating a distance below the top of the guideway to leave an unobstructed space in the guideway. Q r

27. A loom for interweaving ground warp- 5 threads and a pile warp-thread, provided with an intermittently-reeiprocating 'frame having spaced bars, and needles extending in planes passing between adjacent bars, a portion of the space between adjacent bars being 1o unobstructed for the passa e of the ground warp-threads to opposite si es of the needle, the pile warp-thread passing through the eye HOVOEP SARAFIAN V Witnesses:

THEO. G. Hosrnn, F. W. HANAFORD 

